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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

LSUC presents Lawyers and Canada at 150, Sept. 27

Mark your calendars--The Law Society of Upper Canada will presentLawyers and Canada at 150on September 27, 2017 from 3 to 6 pm, at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, followed by a reception 6 to 730 pm.Note that this is a free event, but space is limited: RSVP required.Moderator: Professor Jim Phillips, University of Toronto

Christopher Moore, award winning author and historian, will discuss the confederation debates over the division of powers.

The Honourable Robert Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal will assess the origins and significance of the Persons Case.

Eric Adams of the University of Alberta will examine the career and ideas of lawyer and political activist Frank (F.R.) Scott.

Leading constitutional litigator Mary Eberts will revisit the drafting of section 15 of the Charter, in which she played an instrumental role.

Hamar Foster of the University of Victoria will discuss the early lawyers who represented British Columbia’s Indigenous peoples in the struggle for recognition of their land rights.

Barrington Walker of Queen’s University will talk about the struggles and triumphs of Delos Rogest Davis, the son of an escaped slave who was the second African-Canadian called to the Bar in Ontario, in 1886.

Laurel Sefton McDowell of the University of Toronto looks at labour activist, civil libertarian and lawyer Jacob Laurence (J.L.) Cohen, the most influential labour lawyer of the turbulent 1930s.

Constance Backhouse of the University of Ottawa will discuss the ways in which women have contributed to the legal profession from Clara Brett Martin’s first entry in 1897 and beyond.

Reception: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

The Law Society of Upper Canada

130 Queen Street West

Donald Lamont Learning Centre followed by a reception in Convocation Hall

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